^20 Recent Literature. \j% 



ation to be used in the gathering of material pending the erection of a 

 suitable museum building for the housing of exhibits and the preservation 

 of study specimens. Systematic collecting of the birds and mammals of 

 the Archipelago was begun some months since, and will be steadily prose- 

 cuted." The work is under the able direction of Prof. Dean C. Worcester, 

 Secretary of the Interior, and well-known for his excellent work on the 

 ornithology of the Philippines, of which only some of the preliminary 

 results have yet been published. Mr. McGregor is evidently proving a 

 most valuable aid in carrying out the work above 'outlined. — J. A. A. 



Bangs on New Subspecies of American Birds.^ — During the last few 

 months Mr. Bangs has characterized, in a series of papers in the ' Pro- 

 ceedings' of the Nev\^ England Zoological Club, a number of new sub- 

 species of American birds, as follows : (i) Pariis carolinensis impiger} 

 based on specimens from the vicinity of Lake Ashbv, Florida, which dif- 

 fer from the northern form in much smaller size and more brownish gray- 

 back. (2) Thryophilus galbraitki condittis^^ from San Miguel Island, Bay 

 of Panama. (3) Cardinalis cardinalis inagnirostris? from West Baton 

 Rouge Parish, Louisiana, characterized by larger and heavier bill, as 

 compared with its allies. (4) Vireosylvia josephce ckiriqiietist's,'^ from 

 Boquete, Volcan de Chiriqui, differing in yellower underparts and 

 brighter olive green back from V. JosephcB, descr'ihed from Pallatanga, 

 Ecuador. (5) Merula lettcaucken cnephora^ from the same locality as the 

 last. (6) Ardea herodias cognata^ based on a single specimen from the 

 Galapagos Islands, with paler colors, smaller size and larger bill than 

 North American specimens of A. herodias. (7) Scotoi/iurus vercepacis 

 dumicola^ a dark southern form of 5. vercepacis. (8) Matiacus catidei 

 elcctilis^ a new name for the Mexican form. — J. A. A. 



Bangs's Revised List of Birds of the Liu Kiu Islands.^ — A nominal 



'A New Race of the Carolina Chickadee from Southern Florida. Proc. N. 

 Engl. Zool. Club, Vol. IV, pp. 1,2, March 16, 1903. 



^ A New Wren from San Miguel Island, Bay of Panama. Ibid., pp. 3, 4. 



•* The Louisiana Cardinal. Ibid., pp. 5-7. 



"•A New Race of Vireosylvia Josephs irom Chiriqui. Il>id., pp. 9, 10. 



* Description of a New Thrush from Chiriqui. Ibid., Vol. Ill, pp. 91, 92, 

 Oct. 10, 1902. 



^ Description of a New Race of the Great Blue Heron from the Galapagos 

 Islands. Ibid., pp. 99, 100, Feb. 6, 1903. 



'A New Race of Scotothnriis vercepacis from Chiriqui. Ibid., pp. 103, 104. 



* Description of a New Subspecies of Manacus candei (Pazurd.). Ibid., pp. 

 105, 106. 



^ Stejneger's Catalogue of Birds thus far recorded from the Liu Kiu 

 Islands, Japan, revised with Additions to date. Proc. N. Engl. Zool. Soc, 

 III, pp. 93-97, Feb. 6, 1903. 



